Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-04
OTHER LOCAL NEWS.
TAX cEARays PREFERRED AGAINST
PsoFEssoR JOKs N. LAHGsroN.
v.and the Members Of His Faculty at Log.
gerheaGs-An investigation
Inevitable.

Hon. John Mercer Langston, presi.
den. Of the faculty of the Virginia Nor
NAL aud Collegiate Institute, located at
re.orslurg, possesses perhaps as much
distinction as any colored man in the
Commonwealth. He was United States
Minister TO Hayti FOR nearly eight years,
!. possessed Of an excellent education,
and bkcs great delight in aflixing to his
communications John Mercer Lang
scr. "a, ID.
S.acS the lst Of January, 1886, Lang
son hes held TINS position-at the head
cf am institution for the education Of his
race. or which in the last five years about
SO UO0 has been expended by the State,
TROUBLE CONES.
Iangstcn hes been sailing over
smooth sea NATL quite recently, when
tbe Grst clodd bodimmod the sky of his
rr1is s.ional career. Under the law
taSed hv the General Assembly at its
i,.t extra session it was made the duty
~ fhc Board OF Visitors TO meet twice
ycar-Ime and November. LangstOn
VS. elected az The time stated above
Z, serve ont the two years of
t.e ucxpirc3 term of Storum,
Who RESIGNED. and his term will
cul the Isl Of January next AT the
r.oe.iD. of the board held in Petersburg
i,,, after the November election it was
c,necicl that Laugston would be re-
elected for % form @! three years or that
D.. successor would be- chosen. He eX-
,..ei,3 the former. and whether he felt
1actly satisfied whom it became known
ratile board had laid the whole matter
o..r for future action may be imagined.
CHARGES rGETrRRED.
0r Thursday q delegation from the
;,..ta.. composed of three of the
f.....- and one of the visitors, came TO
ud. bad a lengthy conference
v.n lr Buchanan, State Superlntend-
rtDf Public Instruction, and FLED with
Iuapapsr containing specific charges
...st Iaugston. Dr. Buchanan is O.
. chairman or president of the
Board of Visitors, and is the only white
nan in any way directly connected with
ILL. institution cr the management of its
affairs
pr Buchanan was called upon by
I reporter yesterday afternoon
rla-ltl O. furnish for publication the
sa..lfc charges. but he very cOurteously
G.elasG. Ayng that he had only par
rsly harl one side of the case. and It
would not DE fair To give this until the
other could T.. heard. The character of
tre charges. rather Of the statement, is
flat whom some of the mem
lIsof the Mealty, or .he entire faculty
minus imcstou. were assembling to III
ye.drst. the charge Of characterization
1r,fr.d against six of the pupils,
Iarcsteu rushed out of the room and
very hoi,t.rously cried hat his scholars
would stand log hm; that he wanted
GUARD 90 scc him home that the faculty
de-.l,l % mob him, ard other remarks
ola similar character.
uT,L cAC5E Oh TIE TROUBLE.
The secret Of the matter was that
those az students had left the institute
G.. night without the consent OF the
proper authority and come to Richmond,
where they saw Governor Lee in his Of
.cg and appealed TO him in behalf
az LauCstons retention IN his posi-
ton. Lau-st0ns behavior on the
OCCASION. these members OF the ia 4
,l..r say, came near melting a
rIut and the colored element of
p,.r..urcs population is very much
wrought zap about the matter. Not long
l.fr tins. when one Of the students
,.ul vcd another rule of the institu-
rou. the president heartily endorsed the
faculty iu cxpelling him. 1t is there
ior, really over the matter Of discipline
tlal t.ls trouble Is brought about.
I'D ur INVESTIGATED.
Uh1 tbs delegation was over here it
v rg..l between them and Dr.
a-.lsl that meeting of the Board
ot Visitor, should be held in Petersburg
l. .l carly Jay tothoroughly investigate
t.. natter. In consequence Of the eX-
cuut and feeling 1t has been agreed
tt tic meeting shall be held as
secretly a, possible, 50 that the colored
l..--.s there may not become still more
rr.. 10 up.
I. board IS not yet determined
Whether lnqaton shall be retained IN
Dis position or another appointed ID his
stead. This no doubt largely depends
m0u tine result Of the investigation.
Iaue-ton is IL capable. scholarly man,
la. tu. Institute has given rise to as
ru.a trouble as the entire treeschool
s,.t.m of the State.
WHY OPPOSED.
Many prominent men of Petersburg
have opposed La1gston's reappointment
ON the ground tlat he viii unless proper
restraint is put lpon him use the school
10 manufacture feeling in his own behalf
aad to disturb the best interests OF the
community.
'IOIHER SIDE.
President Langston is reported III an
interview with correspondent OF the
Baltimore san as saying that he Is de-
t.mined to maint IN the authority of
tine Board II Visitors and Board OF
Education that any statement to the
,rrct that tlrre had been any riot or
disturbance IS the institute was false and
without fouIoation. and he was sure that
while lac wa faithful to the trust con-
faed In him he would receive the sup
port of GoYrnor Lee and the excellent
Gentlemen composing the Board OF Edu-
cation. d, said that there were some
seeking the presidency Of the institute
20 tAe neglect Of their duties Tor which
they were Noeiying pay.
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